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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2020-16303: ghostscript security update

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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2020-16303: ghostscript security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/13/2020
Created
09/29/2020
Added
09/29/2020
Modified
09/29/2020

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability in xps_finish_image_path() in devices/vector/gdevxps.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via a crafted PDF file. This is fixed in v9.51.

Solution(s)

  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-ghostscript
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-libgs

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